Monthly Archives: June 2012

Small and medium-sized funds with capital to invest in non and sub performing real estate loan portfolios admit to frustration at a lack of opportunity to buy distressed European property-backed debt, according to a survey published this week by DebtX. … Continue reading →

Commerzbank’s decision to permanently cease European property lending through subsidiary Eurohypo, opens the possibility of a potential sale of the bank’s UK performing loan book. While no decision has been taken by Commerzbank as to the nature and speed of … Continue reading →

Commerzbank dramatically u-turned on plans to re-start property lending last night and has designated all real estate finance as non-core, accelerating the departure of lending by Eurohypo. Eurohypo is to be rebranded Hypothekenbank Frankfurt AG – likely from 31 August … Continue reading →

Stephen Eighteen, head of non-core real estate at the Royal Bank of Scotland is believed to be negotiating his exit from the bank, bringing to an end a 12-year career with the bank likely over the summer, CoStar News understands. … Continue reading →

Assura Group, the listed specialist healthcare property investor, has kicked off its REIT conversion campaign today which is expected to be completed by this autumn, in a strategy designed to open up its listed stock to a wider universe of … Continue reading →